EMERGENCY! The owner of Ron’s Place is selling!
Some of you will have seen on social media that things are a bit challenging at the moment – the owner of the building that contains Ron Gittins’ incredible art environment has decided to sell…
Ron’s house: Minotaur head and lion discovered in rented Birkenhead flat
BBC News • Entertainment & Arts • 29 September 2022 Video Journalist: Dan Curtis Ron Gittins lived in Birkenhead on the Wirral Peninsula in England. A curious and colourful character, he was both well-known but…
Inside ‘Ron’s Place’ – the secret gallery of weird and wonderful art in a Birkenhead flat
ITV News 22 September 2022 Video report by ITV Granada Reports’ journalist Jennifer Buck A treasure trove of weird and wonderful artwork and sculptures has been unearthed in a flat in Birkenhead. WATCH THE VIDEO
‘Ron’s Place’: drive to save Birkenhead palace of outsider art
The Guardian, 20 September 2022 Mark Brown North of England correspondent Ron Gittins, who died in 2019, left behind a rented flat decorated and piled high with artworks READ THE ARTICLE
Get ready for IMAGINATE
Get ready for IMAGINATE, a fantastic festival of art and music for all on Sunday 25 September at Birkenhead’s brilliant Future Yard in support of Ron’s Place with Bill Ryder Jones, Beija Flo, Silent K and Dancing to Architecture; spoken word from Sam Batley and Roy;…
JARVIS FUNDRAISER IN LIVERPOOL – ALL PROFITS TO RON’S PLACE!
Jarvis Cocker in Conversation: Good Pop, Bad Pop Fri 30 Sep 2022 PLAYHOUSE £13 – £26 Join legendary musician and broadcaster Jarvis Cocker live in conversation to celebrate the publication of his highly regarded new…
NEWS UPDATE
Over the last 33 months, we have continued to raise money to pay Ron’s rent and council tax with the aim of eventually purchasing the whole building through Wirral Arts and Culture Community Land Trust,…
IDprojects
IDprojects are our designers. Working closely with us since the very start of the project, they have created our logo, publicity material and our websites. Successful artists in their own right, they both have extensive…
Claire Jones
Claire, an IT Service Desk Analyst at the University of Liverpool, is married to Ron’s nephew Dave. She was one of the first people to enter Ron’s flat following his death and believed his work deserved to…
Wayne Hemingway
Patron “Ron Gittins’ remarkable home is a testament to how art can define life. Ron clearly didn’t give a monkey’s about fame or fortune, he didn’t need that, he had his artistic mind that gave…